Grand Prix Standings after race 10, Cross Country

Well done everyone on a damp and cold day. I’ve added the cross country results and updated tables to the downloads section and they will appear on the noticeboard tomorrow. Since Richard has suggested he’ll write something later in the week, I’ll leave a race report to the captains – feel free to add it in here, or post your own.

The races

Well done to all on a successful season. The ladies’ A team has never had the best 5 runners in action at the same time, but then some time ago they were imprisoned for a crime they didn’t commit and are only available for action if you can find them. It’s therefore no surprise that lots of different people have contributed, with the team finishing 6th in their division. The B team were 19th, ahead of 2 A teams, and the C team was ahead of 8 other teams despite not always having a team at all, let alone a full one.

The men’s team took promotion from the 4th division in some style, and we should enjoy the achievement whilst recognising that we will find the going harder in division 3. I’ve run in 6 cross country seasons now – Div 3,4,3,2,3 and 4 again – maybe next year will be the first without promotion or relegation?

It’s also interesting to point out, as Steve has in the forum, that we are vet heavy. Especially the ladies, for whom 9/10 in the final race were of vet status, though that does hit you earlier. For the men, we had 14/20, and 6/10 of the scoring team. If you see any youngsters running around the roads (or, perhaps, fields) of Surbiton, send them over to the club. And Michael Stone deserves great credit for forming our youth team in the final race.

Grand Prix

As you can see from the top 10s listed below, there have been a few changes amongst the leaders. These will not be the last changes, but for now Jack and I are joined by Rob in the past the post standings, but chairman Joe has a race in hand to take 3rd. Jack has an unbeatable lead. In the ladies’, enforced inaction for Katherine has let Libby swipe the lead but again, Katherine has a race in hand. Zoe Ashcroft is in 3rd, and these three will divide the prize money. In the age-graded tables, I have taken the lead but Rob still has a relatively poor score to replace – in football terms, I’ve put the points on the board, he has the games in hand, while Jack will take the last prize spot. In the ladies’, Katherine is still in the lead despite having a race to go, while Libby has a total on the board for Zoe to aim at with her race in hand. Again, those three will divide up prize money.

Results from the day

Women

Past the Post

Age Graded

AGE

Points

%

Points

Maggie Stacey

45

0:39:25

20

73.17%

20

Zoe Ashcroft

38

0:41:52

19

65.35%

17

Libby Marchant

27

0:43:36

18

61.29%

15

Sharon Andrew

47

0:47:25

17

62.13%

16

Jo Newstead

55

0:49:49

16

65.40%

18

Jo Deeks

38

0:49:54

15

54.83%

13

Andrea Bennett

48

0:53:05

14

56.16%

14

Zoe Wingfield

35

0:54:48

13

49.27%

11

Maria Cenalmor

40

0:55:02

12

50.31%

12

Ann Bath

64

0:55:21

11

66.86%

19

Jane Davis

0:55:55

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NA

Men

Past the Post

Age Graded

AGE

Time

Points

%

Points

Jack Holland

28

0:32:58

20

71.61%

16

John Matthews

40

0:34:03

19

73.35%

18

James Thurston

35

0:34:30

18

69.90%

15

Declan Flynn

52

0:35:02

17

78.29%

20

Rob Hinton

48

0:35:21

16

75.12%

19

Chris Coghlan

28

0:36:47

15

64.18%

9

Richard Goulder

41

0:37:18

14

67.46%

12

Steve Watkins

40

0:37:26

13

66.72%

11

David Pimm

53

0:37:50

12

73.09%

17

Ben Downe

34

0:37:57

11

63.21%

8

Mark Weight

44

0:38:03

10

67.65%

13

Alasdair Reisner

35

0:38:43

9

62.29%

6

Steven Ramek

47

0:38:50

8

67.85%

14

Joe Chang

34

0:40:07

7

59.79%

3

Peter Grecian

49

0:40:56

6

65.40%

10

Simon Gerrard

41

0:41:02

5

61.32%

5

Daniel Hookey

39

0:41:13

4

60.15%

4

Ricky Emery

49

0:42:34

3

62.89%

7

Greg Whiteman

44

0:43:17

2

59.47%

1

Kevin Stone

44

0:43:42

1

58.91%

1

Graham Ashby

46

0:43:45

1

59.76%

2

David Pearce

32

0:45:45

1

52.00%

1

Richard Kirk

29

0:54:26

1

43.40%

1

Grand Prix standings – top 10

The worst score listed is the ‘next worst’ – so does not include the already discounted score for anyone who has run all 10 races.

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